[Prism54-users] Status of Managment Functions ?

[Jeff Bobzin]

tested with 1104 tar---

CONFIRMING:

iwlist eth1 scan 		- 	now working in both managed and ad-hoc modes
iwlist eth1 freq		-	better looking list but the channel numbers are not =
"wireless tools" or 802.11 standard.
				And my card can't do the 5.x GHz freqs so they should not be listed.

NEWLY BROKEN:

Ad-Hoc : Set  CARD_DEFAULT_BSSTYPE  to DOT11_BSSTYPE_IBSS, rebuild and =
reload. Iwconfig shows ad-hoc mode which is correct, but the card is not =
visible to windows-based site survey.  It was visible and working in =
1103 tar(I could select and ping from windows). Strangely, the =
configured-as-'ad-hoc' card show up in its own scan but is invisible to =
windows. The iwconfig display is correct.

STILL NOT WORKING:

iwconfig eth1 frequency 2.xxxG		- does not change freq in "iwconfig =
eth1" or "iwlist eth1 freq" status displays.
					(channel number set correctly by isl_pci_mgmt_initialize() at boot)
iwconfig eth1 channel n			- does not change iwconfig status display
iwconfig eth1 mode ad-hoc		- does not change from managed to ad-hoc

Keep up the progress.  Let me know if I should check out more?

---Jeff Bobzin

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Aurelien [mailto:justiceforall@free.fr]=20
Sent:	Tuesday, November 04, 2003 12:20 PM
To:	prism54-users@prism54.org
Subject:	Re: [Prism54-users] Status of Managment Functions ?

Hi,
I'm talking about the lasts cvs commits :
 - "iwlist eth1 scan" should show you a list of AP.
 - "iwconfig eth1 channel 1" is a probably a bad idea since the channel =
order is strange. The 5,4 GHz channel seem to be listed before the =
2.4GHz (do a iwlist eth1 channel). Better use "iwconfig eth1 freq =
2.412". It might also not work since we don't really have doc on the =
device to be more  precise.
 - setoid, getoid are depreciated.

	Aurelien
...And justice for all

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 11:52:32 -0500
"Jeff Bobzin" <jeff@boccorp.com> wrote:

> Would the developers be able to comment on the operational state of =
the management commands?
>=20
> I do not see any effective external response to the common IWCONFIG =
commands - i.e. "iwconfig eth1 channel 1". Sometimes the card hangs, =
sometimes nothing happens as viewed by the site survey in the SMC =
windows utility .
>=20
> The code is present in isl_ioctl_setfreq(), and a reasonable mgmt =
frame is formed, but the firmware does not respond.
>=20
> Examining isl_pci_mgmt_initialize() (which does work), gives a hint =
that the card needs to be in 'manual' mode to recognize the commands. =
Without the chipset documentation I do not know if this is true.
>=20
> The old setoid utility no longer connects. I never saw it change =
anything in earlier versions.
>=20
> My application requires the ability to scan (iwlist eth1 scan) and =
change frequency and essid.
>=20
>=20
> Is this being worked on?  Any ETA? Any helpful suggestions? Anything =
we can do?
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> ---Jeff Bobzin
>=20
> My test environment:
>=20
> SMC 2802W PCI card.
> Cvs20031103 driver build
> Patched 2.4.22 kernel
> Wireless tools version 26
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